Can anyone confirm if this is the dreaded powdery midew

bam0813

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Varieties of zucchini have markings that look like pm so you need to pay close attention to it. The fuits aren't an issue . Most people including myself dont prune enough leaves off the squash plant. Ive cut most off this yr and surprisingly have a real nice winter squash harvest soon.
 
Applefootball12

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BIGMAC729 said:
I think I would thin it out a little, take some of the sun leaves off and if it's in a planter, move it to more sun and air flow, even put a fan on it if you can to get the air circulating.
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It’s in the ground mate and I am not really into defoliation as I did that on my other plants any they ended up with nitrogen def and no fan leafs so I’m gonna leave as much as I can on the plant for it to naturally cannibalise or what ever lol but cheers for the reply
 
Applefootball12

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bam0813 said:
Varieties of zucchini have markings that look like pm so you need to pay close attention to it. The fuits aren't an issue . Most people including myself dont prune enough leaves off the squash plant. Ive cut most off this yr and surprisingly have a real nice winter squash harvest soon.
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I didn’t even know how much that sqush would grow it’s pretty impressive but I have learned now to keep them as far away as possible if we want them next year I’ll build a green house type of thing to contain my plants or any problem plants lol I’m already planning to be busy just need the acual energy to do it lol that’s another story
 
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When I see this, which hasn't only been a few times in many many years, when I have them some place without sufficient sun and air flow, you will see this. my solution is thin it out, take some of the lower limbs off and some of the sun leafs in the center to help get better air flow, should take care of the problem, if it doesn't, then you can use some fungicide, but dampness and air flow is the culprit.
 
Applefootball12

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BIGMAC729 said:
When I see this, which hasn't only been a few times in many many years, when I have them some place without sufficient sun and air flow, you will see this. my solution is thin it out, take some of the lower limbs off and some of the sun leafs in the center to help get better air flow, should take care of the problem, if it doesn't, then you can use some fungicide, but dampness and air flow is the culprit.
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Thank you for your advice I can see that cutting away growth will open her up for air flow and that ofcourse is what the plant needs I’ll have a see what I can come up with cheers
 
Applefootball12

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BIGMAC729 said:
When I see this, which hasn't only been a few times in many many years, when I have them some place without sufficient sun and air flow, you will see this. my solution is thin it out, take some of the lower limbs off and some of the sun leafs in the center to help get better air flow, should take care of the problem, if it doesn't, then you can use some fungicide, but dampness and air flow is the culprit.
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This is the growing situation minus the sqush plant if you can spot it lol
 

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Jjgrow420

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If your dead set on growing squash build a vertical trellis in a very sunny spot that is fairly high. Let the plant climb to the top and remove The lower growth except for the fruit. Should help. As mentioned previously it's the dampness off the ground and lack of airflow near the ground that screws you
 
Applefootball12

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Jjgrow420 said:
If your dead set on growing squash build a vertical trellis in a very sunny spot that is fairly high. Let the plant climb to the top and remove The lower growth except for the fruit. Should help. As mentioned previously it's the dampness off the ground and lack of airflow near the ground that screws you
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The only thing I’m dead set on is growing female cannabis plants lol everything else in the garden is secondary
 
DCcan

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Applefootball12 said:
Was that the end of the mildew or had your plants sufferd ?
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The day it showed on one pot leaf, I yanked the squash plant, no more since.
I did have a mite/ aphid attack afterward, every bug that fell off attacked one pot plant.
You can put powdered sulfur down on the exposed soil, shrubs and grass, that's cheap and effective. Knocks the local spore count down.
 
Applefootball12

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DCcan said:
The day it showed on one pot leaf, I yanked the squash plant, no more since.
I did have a mite/ aphid attack afterward, every bug that fell off attacked one pot plant.
You can put powdered sulfur down on the exposed soil, shrubs and grass, that's cheap and effective. Knocks the local spore count down.
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Cheers mate I’ll see what I can order !
 
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BIGMAC729 said:
When I see this, which hasn't only been a few times in many many years, when I have them some place without sufficient sun and air flow, you will see this. my solution is thin it out, take some of the lower limbs off and some of the sun leafs in the center to help get better air flow, should take care of the problem, if it doesn't, then you can use some fungicide, but dampness and air flow is the culprit.
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I took your advice
 

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Applefootball12

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Update no further advance from the mildew keeping a close eye tho
 

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